postbellum

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin post (“after”) + bellum (“war”)

[edit] Adjective

postbellum (not comparable)

  1. Of the period following a war.
  2. In the United States, of the period following the Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.

[edit] Antonyms

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